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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Capsaicin and hotness of chiles
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.204850.7614@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1ha456INN5qv@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:48:50 GMT
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- sdg@wag.caltech.edu (Siddharth Dasgupta) writes:
- :
- : Here is a recipe for Chile Chicken from Bengal:
- :
- : 4 split chicken breasts, skinned, boned and cut into
- : bite sized pieces
- :
- : 1 medium onion - pureed
- : 1" piece of ginger, peeled and pureed with the onion
- : 4 Thai chiles, cut into rings (and seeded if less heat
- : is desired)
- : splash of vinegar
- : 1/4 cup oil for frying
- : 1/4 tsp turmeric
- : salt to taste
- :
- : 1. Prick the chicken pieces with a fork. Marinate them in the
- : onion ginger paste with the splash of vinegar, overnight or at
- : least for 8 hours.
- : 2. Heat oil in wok. Shake excess marinade from chicken pieces
- : and fry in hot oil till lightly brown. Set aside on a paper
- : towel.
- : 3. After all chicken pieces are done, put marinade in the oil
- : and add turmeric and salt. Cook until the oil separates from
- : the paste. Put the chicken back into the wok, stir to coat,
-
- Looks good. But you left out step 4. Season to taste.
-
- bill "But, does it taste like chicken?" Nelson
-